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Inorganic nanosheets could lower the carbon footprint of food packaging
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Magnetite nanoparticles recover copper waste from whisky manufacturing process
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Students interact with practicals and simulations differently, but does one approach come with better learning outcomes?
View ArticleThank the Nobel prize winners for your mobile phone
Start a lesson with the Nobel prize-winning chemistry involved in lithium-ion batteries
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How small prompts can result in big leaps in student understanding
View ArticleMicrobes and renewable energy turn carbon dioxide into edible protein
A new process uses microbes and renewable energy to make proteins for human consumption
View ArticleHow silkworms can help astronauts
Silk fibres stay tough and ductile even at low temperatures, making them potentially perfect for space
View ArticleSmartphones modified to detect norovirus
Handheld detection system is sensitive enough to catch just a few particles of norovirus
View ArticleBe forceful with chemical bonding
Help your students understand chemical bonding with force-based models
View ArticleMaking ethanol from lignin
A new method can produce ethanol from rewnable lignin and carbon dioxide
View ArticleChoose chemical representations carefully
How the combination of representations you use impacts your students’ learning
View ArticleAlgae produce synthetic chemicals
Surprise discovery as research shows trihalogenated anilines make synthetic chemicals
View ArticleA step closer to post-lithium energy storage
Calcium batteries could be viable thanks to a new electrolyte
View ArticlePhilosophical discussion promotes confidence in the classroom
How encouraging students to engage in philosophical dialogue can yield surprising results
View ArticleFlexible future for smartphone screens
Stretch it, bend it.. but defintiely don’t break it
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